Still Waiting...

There wasn't much change in Carla's blood test results today.  Her platelet count rose to 40 but that was probably due to her getting an infusion of a bag of platelets yesterday.  Her WBC was 0.08. 

One area of concern is her C-Reactive Protein which came up to 15.40. Normally her CRP value has been about 5.  Normal range is 0 - 10.  The CRP is an indicator of inflamation such as an infection.  Some patient's CRP values get as high as 300.  Carla had a CRP value near 50 during Induction I.  When it was that high she had to get an antibiotic IV and I had to give her infusers of antibiotics at night.  We never did find any test that showed that she had an infection.  So far she has been fortunate to not get mouth sores.  I think we have the diarrhea under control now.

We will just wait and see what tomorrow's results are.  Hopefully the WBC will start rising soon.